ActionScript 3.0 :: E4x Xml NodeName - Migrate A Controller Class
Jan 10, 2007
I am currently migrating to as3 with e4x xml. I am trying to migrate a controller class I have in as2 that iterates through an xml tree and builds a controller object that controls apperance and content of a flash application. In my as2 class i would use the "nodeName" to retrieve an elements name therefore the script was completely dynamic to any xml file and would build the contents of the controller object relative to nodeNames. I am trying to decifer a way of doing this with e4x but am struggling to find the syntax. I have tried using a for each iteration using the new "elements () " function but e4x doesn't seem to recognise the nodeName function.
I am using MC tween and also AS2 scripting and I would like to migrate to using AS3 as well as migrate some of my old Flash sites to AS3. What is the best way?Can AS2 and AS3 be in the same Flash movie?I mean, if you were to build a website in AS2 and you have to add new features. Can you add new features and write the code in AS3?How are people making the change to AS3? Are the differences major. Is there a good website or information somewhere that outlines the differences between AS3 and AS2 and explains it in Laymans terms : )
I've tried many different ways of accessing the name of an attribute, but just can't get it working.The current Function:
protected function applyProperties(_axml:XML):void { var list:XMLList = _axml.properties;[code]...........
I have tried the name, I've tried searching it as an Object, I looked for solutions on stackoverflow.. nothing has worked for me so far. Originally I had the properties node as such: fearing that Flash was interpretting incorrectly.
edit: It seems like the XML was interpretted rather than printed out..
I have a rather large XML file (though it's pretty simple in it's structure). My flash program is using most, but not all of the data in this file, and I am currently setting a variety of flash variables by looking at specific node numbers (i.e. firstChild.childNodes[4].attributes...). This all works fine.
However, this XML does have the big potential of changing or being added to, and what I want to do it read through the XML, look at the nodeNames and return the nodes position. This way, I can set some basic variables to equal the node positions and not have to hardcode everything.
I currently have a simple loop that is grabbing the nodenames and storing them in an array. What I can't figure out how to do is use this to get node position, and then set a basic "name = nodepositionX". Then I can use "firstChild.childNodes[name].attributes..." I don't think this is terribly complicated, but I'm a designer learning all this programming stuff on the fly here.
This loop works great:
Code: _root.xmlNodeNames = new Array(); for (var x=0; x<expertXML.firstChild.childNodes.length; x++) { _root.xmlNodeNames[x] = expertXML.firstChild.childNodes[x].nodeName;
I have a movie clip in my library linked as aboutUsMenuBtn. And I as get the childNodes.nodeName from the XML file, I want them to be assigned to a dynamic text field "btn_txt" inside of the aboutUsMenuBtn. With each node, a button is going to be attached to the aboutUs stage (I'm working using a Flash Form Application).
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The first is that when loading an external swf in my main SWF I get this in the output window:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at audio_fla::list_1/frame1() at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildren() at flash.display::Sprite() at flash.display::MovieClip() at audio_fla::MainTimeline() TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at audio_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()
But it still works. Its an mp3 player. The other problem is that the loaded SWF has a volume controller. When I test the external SWF by itself it works fine. When I load it on my main SWF when I start to drag the handle on my volume slider and MOUSE_UP outside the handle it still keep dragging the handle.
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Now is this the way to do this, and why is it that my controller is not registering the event handlers?
